Cigarette-box.



A. BRUGILA.

CIGARETTEBOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

amucmtoz w/ ya I UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

ANGELO BRUGILA, OF NEW- YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

' Boxes, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to cigarette boxes and more particularly to the class of cigarette boxes which haveuontained therein a. plurality of matches for the convenience'of" the person using the cigarette.

The primaryobject of the invention is the provision of a cigarette box which will have the matches hinged to one of its edges and connected to the cover in such a manner as to bring the matches into convenient reach of the user when the box'is opened.

With these and other objects in view which will appear as the description progresses the invention resides in the novel features of construction, simplicity. and cheapness to manufacture.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of the cigarette box shown in open position, Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional View of the box shown in open position, Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view of the box shown in closed position. Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the several views the numeral 1 indicates the container in which the cigarettes are held. The container 1 is constructed in accordance with the usual method of constructing cigarette boxes and has hinged to one side thereof as at 2 a cover 3 which is adapted to fit over the container 1 in a neat and snug manner as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

Afiixed to the inside of the container, on the side upon which the cover is hinged, isa sheet of paper 4 which is secured by glue or pute to the side of the box as at 5. A

row of matches 6 of the kind ordinarily arranged in strips, 15 mounted upon the sheet lower marginal edge.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented M1511, 14 1916,

Application filed April 2, 1915. Serial No. 18,806.

of paper 4 at a point slightly above the edge of the containerl and these matches are glued or cemented to the paper at their 1 Another sheet of paper 7 is pasted in the inside of the cover for about half the area of the cover from which point it. is brought over to the lower marginal edge of the strip of matches and glued or cemented thereto as shown at 8.

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be observed that when the cover 3-is closed upon the container the sheet 'of paper 4,lies flat against the cigarettes and the matches lie on this paper 'and the sheet of paper7 is folded upon itself as at 9 thereby making a neat and compact whole. .Now when the cover is raised for thepurpose of obtaining a cigarette the sheet of paper 7 will act as a pull strip or tug and raise the matches to a .ver-- tical position as shown in Fig. 2'where they will be within convenient reach of the user and the strip of paper 4 which is'interposed between the matches and the cigarettes will also raise and expose the cigarette so that they may-be readily removed after which a match may be broken off the row 6 and I struck upon the prepared surface 10 at the side of the box to light the cigarette.

A cigarette box having a cover hingedly connected thereto, a sheet of paper fixedly connected at its lower end to the interior side of the rear wall of the box, the free portion thereof being offset into parallelism with the secured end when the cover is open, a match strip secured to the paper sheet and adjacent the fixed end and positioned so that the lower edge of the strip will oe flush with the upper edge of the box when in a vertical position, and a paper sheet secured to the upper portion of the cover and to the lower extremit of the match strip.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 1 in presence of two witnesses.

ANGELO .BRUGILA.

Witnesses:

CHARLES FRAUNDoRF, J r., VAN VIMCENT.

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' Washington, D. 0. 

